Improved hay-rack



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A. N ARAMOR.

Hay-Rack.

Patented Jan; 24, 1865.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

ANDREW NARAMOR, OF BERLIN HEIGHTS, OHIO.

IMPROVED HAY-RACK.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,017, dated January24,1865.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, A. NARAMOR, of BerlinHeights, in, the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in HayRacks; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and complete description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top View.Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is an end view.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in the several views.

My improvement relates to the construction and arrangement of ahay-rack, whereby material is economized, and the rack at the same timeis lighter and stronger than in the ordinary way. i

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to des 'ribe its construction and arrangement.

The rack can be made of any desired size as the nature of the case mayrequire. The strips A are pinned or bolted to the bolsters G, which aresecured to the stringers D. The bolsters are made of a straight piece ofscantling or narrow plank by cutting off the ends diagonally, asindicated by the lines a b cin Fig. 3. The pieces cutoff are triangularor wedge-shaped, as shown at a d e, and which are fastened to each endof the pieces forming the bolsters in such a way that the angular pieceswill be in line with the bolster, the buttend being at the point a, soas to incline the bolster inward, giving a concave to the top of therack.

The main strain or pressure from the load is upon the bolsters directlyover the stringers, but this partis in no way weakened by the removal ofthe pieces E from the under side and placed on top of the bolsters, butis lighter and stronger than when made in the ordinary way and muchcheaper.

A rack thus constructed may be mounted upon a carriage in the ordinaryway.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The construction and'arrangement of the bolsters G and pieces F, incombination with the rack, as and forthe purpose set forth.

ANDREW NARAMOR.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, J. HOLMES.

